Licence Granted for Public Ledger by Royal Warrant
The text reports a royal grant to William Faden for sole printing and publication of The Public Ledger. It notes prohibitions against reprinting or abridging the work and specifies the license issued at St James's on December 17, 1759, in the 33rd year of the reign, under command of W Pitt. The language reflects 18th century official style.
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Public
William Fader
St. James’s
W. Pitt
Notices of Sale and Employment in a London Paper
The notice lists items for sale including two turtles a ship named Little William and various cargos from Guadaloupe Indigo and St Domingo Sugar. It also advertises rental space a ground floor for a counting house and a small house and warehouse near the Exchange and Post Office. Additional items include wanted writers accountants youths for Jamaica and several misc notices about deserters elopers missing persons and stolen items.
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Little William
Candle
St. Domingo
Amall
Jamaica
Royal Oak
Plymouth
Samuel Parmeter
Philanthropy Candid
Great Britain
Deserted soldiers and creditor notice in Lincolnshire
Whitehall Chenity September 6 notice lists James Grant and four other deserters from the Dragoons and Foot regiments with descriptions and rewards for arrest. Also creditors of Thomas Taylor of Baffingham in Lincolnshire are informed of the notice.
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James Grant
Dragoons
Richard Robison
William Thomason
Edward Eakley
Thomas Eakley
Regiment of Foot
Thomas Taylor
Baffingham
Lincoln
Notice of sale of freehold estate at West Broughton Derby
Notice announces sale of a freehold enclosed estate at West Broughton Derby either together or in parcels. It further states that debtors to the estate of Isaac Dawson the younger of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, currently bankrupt, have been given notice.
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West Broughton
County of
Derby
Isaac Dawson the Younger
Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Escaped man sought by Newark bailiff
Notice of an escaped person named William Girton from Newark bailiff. The description of the individual is provided and a reward is offered for apprehension. Also announced is notice to the debtors of Henry Gee of Hale Fen, recently deceased.
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Wiliam Girton
Newark
Heniy Gee
Hale Fenn
Letters Directed to Persons of Investments and Names
A fragmented listing of investments including Bank Stock and Annuities with rates and figures, then a parade of named individuals and firms such as Monf Birmingham Monf William Mangler Monf Philippe Bignon Monf David Clark Madam Bolonie, merchants and captains, ending with address-like signoffs to Meff John Clark and Co.
Creditors Notice in Debts of Thomas Cryer Haberdasher
Public Advertiser reports creditors who proved debts of Thomas Cryer late of Friday-street London Haberdasher with notice of a dis sidend. A reward is offered for apprehending and convicting the person who broke open a hat shop during the night between the 4th and 5th instant and robbed it of sundry goods and apparel. Details identify items and reward information, including a Banker’s Note at a house on Saturday the 30th of Angeda.
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St. Paul's Church
St. Margaret’s Hill
Southwark
James Stewart
Samuel Griffiths
James Griffiths
John Tempest
Ethnal Green
London
Kent
Surry
St. Giles’s
Jonatha Gale
Joseph Austin
Humphry Hutchinson
Frances
Green
Thomas Cryer
Haberdasher
Sae Hele
Aungéda Banker
Houthold Furniture and Trades Auction Notice
Daily Gazetteer notes an auction of Houthold Furniture Stock in Trade and Plate from Medics. Robert Jarvis and Co. advertise cutlery and leather cutters items to be sold. Includes a lot for an apothecary with a pair of black geldings and a hunter and mare. Officers and others claim payment of prize money.
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Houthold
Robert Jarvis, and Co
Auc‘tien
Awke
Multiple Auctions Notice List for Kilburn Bloomsbury and More
Notice dated September 6 announces several auction sales including an Engsinyer 3 vessel, an unfinished house in Bloomsbury Square, a deceased lady's household furniture and effects, a leasehold estate near Battle Bridge Southwark, a druggist lease, and other items such as a house, shop, and various personal property including pictures china and hay. The ad lists auctions by A. and references bankruptcy related sales and a tallow Chandler's shop.
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Dan Arberiikler
Kilburn
Bloomsbury Square
Houtheld
Auttions
Housheld
Auttion
Exuder
Anticon
Battle Bridge
Southwark
Saeitien
Notice of bankrupts and surrender orders in London and surrounding areas
A September 6 notice in the Lonnatt Gasette announces rewards for locating the efforts of John Perrott of Ludgate Hill London a bankrupt. It enlarges the time for Robert Maberley a London druggist dealer and Chapman bankrupt to surrender. Frances Buffet and Catharine Hepburn milliners of Covent Garden Middlesex surrender. William Hawkins Northampton shopkeeper must surrender. Joseph Rowe Exeter tobacconist hotpreffer merchant and Chapman must surrender G Edward Baldwin Coventry Mercer. Commissioners announce allowance of his certificate.
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John Perrott
Ludgate- Hill
London
Robert Maberley
Chapman
Frances
Baffet
Catharine Hepburn
St. Paul
Covent-Garden
Middlesex
Milleners
Copartners
William Hawkins
Northampton
Joseph Rowe
Exon
G. Edward Baldwin
Coventry
Mercer
Notice of Chalgrove Parish Meadow Moiety
In the Lotton Chronicle dated September 6 a notice states the Rectory of the Parish of Chalgrove in Oxfordshire presents the undivided moiety of a freehold meadow. The notice appears as a legal or property record seeking acknowledgment or action regarding the lot.
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Chalgrove
Oxfordshire
Strayed brown horse in Yorkshire notice filed
Notice records a brown Chiefout horse missing from Lower Bentham in York County. The notice seeks return or clarification of ownership and is part of a freehold estate matter dated September.
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Lower
Bentham
County of York
Together or in Parcels Two Messuages and Land at Cradley
A Worcester Journal notice details the sale or disposal of two messuages and associated land at Cradley Hereford within the county. The advertisement outlines options for buying jointly or in separate parcels, indicating titles, boundaries, and terms to be settled by auction or private treaty.
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Cradley
County of
Hereford
Notice of Property and Apprenticeship Sale Leeds History
Notice is given that several items are to be sold by auction in Leeds and Burton. The list includes a Freehold Estate at Mile Hill Leeds, a Malt Kiln and adjoining dwelling at Burton Smitheys, an apprentice to a Salter, and an apprentice to a Pewterer and Brasi er at Leeds.
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Ewel
Park Place
Thomas
Paris
Joseph Crosby
Leeds Intelligencer
Mile-Hill
Leeds
Burton Smitheys
Ship Passages Record From Petersburgh to Jamaica and Spain
On September 5 ships including The Cleveland and S.HIPS set outwards from Petersburgh with passengers Richard Jackson Cornwall Thomas Curling Judith John Hill Hazard Samuel Hazard George Henry Shadforth Ruffin Merchant William Hefferton from Stockholm Lion Andrew Liddell from Guadeloupe Little Nancy Ja Somerville from Africa Albina John Gilbert Elizabeth Thomas Rathborn Augustus Cafar J Deftel Fonthill M Kitchin Ellis S R Egdon Lady Mary Peter Grigg Nancy William Dickson and Britannia A Lundin. A second vessel N S de la Conception Geromo Puich departed for Spain.
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Cleveland
Richard Jackson Cornwall
Thomas Curling
Judith
John Hill
Hazard
Samuel Hazard
George
Henry Shadforth
Petersburgh
Ruffin
William Hefferton
Stockholm
Lion
Andrew Liddell
Guadeloupe
Little
Nancy
Ja. Somerville
Africa
Albina
John Gilbert
Elizabeth
Thomas Rathborn
Augutus Cafar
J. Deftel
Fonthill
M. Kitchin
Ellis
S. R. Egdon
Lady Mary
Exchange Course London Amsterdam 1760 Rates
Friday September 5 1760 exchange list shows Amsterdam Rotterdam Antwerp Hamburg Paris Bourdeaux Cadiz Madrid Bilboa Leghorn Geneva Venice Lisbon Porto Dublin with various price figures and a note of high water at London Bridge at 1 minute after 1 AM and 24 minutes after noon.
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London
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Antwerp
London Bridge
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Chentity
St. James's
Whitehall Chenity
Derby Mercury
Stanford
India
Ditto
Bank Royal Assurance
Dantzick
Foreign Office
Inland Office
Haac Lemos
Samuel Keene
Lafuer
Calvert
George Bird
Edward Worth
Catherine Winter
Henderson
Ruby
Thomas Daubier
John Banks Horseley
Rowland Morris
Luke Johnson
James
Leafy
Edward Maguire
Prone
Thomas Lashley
John Clark and Co. Merchante
Public Advertiser
Daily Gazetteer
Lotton Chronicle
Chenin
Worcester Journal
N. S. de la Conception
Geromo Puich
Spain
Mexico
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